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Chablis grand cru Les Preuses, Nathalie et Gilles Fèvre 2021



£75.00

75cl ALC 13%

Wonderfully complex and intense Chablis with great precision and minerality from a very dedicated small grower.


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France, Burgundy, Chablis

Still White

100% Chardonnay

Dry and full

Drink or Keep

2021

Veal, Pan-fried

13%

75cl

Domaine Fèvre

The Fèvre name is synonymous with top-quality Chablis and this branch of the family, headed by husband and wife Gilles and Nathalie continue as fourth generation to produce outstanding, hugely typical wines from their 50 ha holdings around Fontenay-près-Chablis.

For many years the family was an important supplier to La Chablisienne Co-op, particularly with their extensive plantings of premier cru Fourchaume and top-quality 'village' Chablis that surrounds that prestigious vineyard. Today their modern cellars on the edge of the vineyards are run by oenologist Nathalie with her daughter Julie – an oenology graduate from Dijon University – influencing the direction of the domaine. Small stainless-steel tanks are used to preserve the personalities of each Chablis they make, and there is a light hand with the oak. Gilles meanwhile is immersed in the viticulture, more and more natural he insists, of their considerable holdings in the Les Preuses grand cru as well as Vaulorent, Mont de Milieu and Fourchaume 1er cru vineyards. Their ‘village’ Chablis is outstanding too. Fèvre wines exhibit exquisite balance between intensity of fruit and the clean, pure flavours which are the hallmarks of great Chablis. Add in the finesse and complexity from these prime sites and you can expect world-class wines.

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Vintage guide

A warm season but with cooler nights, 2022 looks to have brought both excellent quality and, importantly, a decent quantity. The 2021 vintage was heavily affected by frost meaning quantities are well down though the quality is very good. 2020 was historically early and regarded as a great vintage. 2019 is a worthy successor to the excellent ‘18s, where low yields have given very concentrated wines. A seriously good vintage here in 2018 as the region escaped the frosts which have plagued recent years. They have a good crop of rich, aromatic whites across the region as a result. Despite a familiar and now all-too-frequent late frost in 2017 the growers in the Côte d’Or were better prepared and the vintage has delivered excellent results, with many domaines back to ‘normal’ yields. In the Mâconnais and Chablis growers were not quite so lucky with yields down for the second year but wines of excellent quality. What there is in 2016 is very good but sadly frost and hail had a bigger than usual impact this year, particularly in Chablis and the Mâconnais, but almost no-one escaped unscathed. 2015 produced round, full whites with good, ripe fruit. 2014 started well enough with an early spring but a cooler than average summer, and hailstorms in the south, reduced yields. The resultant wines, however, have elegance and beautiful balance. A cold season in 2013 meant yields were low but good growers have produced some very drinkable wines.

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*You should allow longer for delivery to the Scottish Highlands.

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£5 on orders of £140 or more to a single address in mainland UK.

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Usually delivered the next working day (on orders placed before 1pm on a working day).

Please note, whilst the majority of parcels sent on this service are received the next working day, this is not guaranteed and excludes the Scottish Highlands.

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